Book bus travel, get live times, buy train tickets & travel across UK & Europe

Welcome, future Trainliner. Get on board with millions of world-wide users, today, to travel confidently with us – Europe’s leading train and bus app.

Why?

Whether heading to an international city or from an international terminal, in a matter of clicks you’ll be booking the best seats in advance or saving money on-the-day with our Best Price Guarantee. And for those who like to stay looped, you can turn on real-time notifications and keep an eye on live timetable tracking – you can even use Crowd Alerts to find out how busy your train is. Plus, forgetting, misplacing, or totally destroying your paper tickets becomes a thing of the past when you purchase digital versions through our app!

With so much to see and do, getting there should be the easy part – and when you book through our app, it is! Find cheap tickets for Eurostar, Avanti West Coast, GWR, LNER, National Express, Renfe, Iryo, Trenitalia, Italo, and many other European rail lines. Or if you want to buy bus tickets, simply search and book directly in the app. Need some travel inspo first? We got that covered, too, with travel blogs and suggested “popular journeys”.

So, whether you want to book bus seats, get cheap train tickets, or stay updated during your journey, you can always rely on our app to deliver the goods.

Why use Trainline to book train and bus tickets?

- Buy all your tickets in one place – plan your dream country-hopping journey on our app.

- Compare train and bus options from 260 train and bus companies.

- Compare prices and get cheap tickets in your preferred currency (USD, GBP, EUR, AUD, CAD, CHF, and SEK).

- Buy tickets with Amex, Google Pay, PayPal, and all major credit cards and debit cards.

- Add loyalty and discount cards to get benefits on cheap tickets on UK rail services, Eurostar, SNCF, Thalys, and Renfe.

- Book tickets in advance or buy same-day train tickets up to 15 minutes before departure.

- Buy tickets on your phone to skip station queues for selected routes.

- Add Cancel for Any Reason to your booking for cover up to 15 minutes before departure.

- Save plans for later and lock in tickets for up to 7 days.

- Find the best value train tickets using our price calendar.

Our partners:

Across Europe and the UK, you can browse routes with

Eurostar (UK, France and the Netherlands)

Heathrow Express (UK)

Avanti West Coast (UK)

GWR (UK)

National Express (UK)

London Overground (UK)

SNCF (France)

TGV Lyria (France)

Thalys (France)

Trenitalia (Italy)

Italo (Italy)

Renfe (Spain)

Alsa (Spain)

Deutsche Bahn (Germany)

ÖBB (Austria)

SBB (Switzerland)

NS (the Netherlands)

SNCB (Belgium)

Flixbus and many, many more…

No matter who you choose to rail with, we make buying European tickets a smooth experience while bringing you the best fares available for every fuss-free journey. But should you need it, our dedicated customer support team is on-hand (and on the phone) to help you navigate the railways of Europe. Just give us a call!

So, download our FREE Trainline app and get access to everything you need to train across the UK and Europe like a pro.

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*Average saving based on bookings made by Trainline US customers at least 30 days in advance vs within 7 days of departure, between 1.1.24 and 09.30.24 to travel between 05.01.24 and 09.30.24 and calculated on the 3 most booked EU routes. Adult fares only, single journey in standard class, based on price paid per passenger without Railcard.​